NV5 Installation guide and results....

FarFarAway

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Hi all.

Some people have requested results of the NV5...so here I go.

If you just want the results, skim down to the end....

Installation:

Well this bit seems nice and easy.....what is it....like a 6 step instruction page...hehe

Well its NOT easy as it looks actually!

Scrap the crap guide thing....here we go:

Step 1: Remove from case

Easy....now to

Step 2

Remove the Memory Heatsinks on the 6800GT card (well thats mine so I'll write it from that perspective)..

Here a pic (its a bad one...soz)



Where the red bits are is the rear of the right hand side memory heatsink. These little plastic pins stick through...get a pair of plier and carefully (you have to re-use these) plier them together and push slightly....then puch through and they should both come out easy. The turn round and remove the heatsink. In mine I had what looked like cotton pads. YUK!! we will add ceramique I think!! If this heatsink doesn't come off then you should use a hairdryer to heat up the thermal pads till they slide off. MNine came off.

Step 2

Not as easy as it seems....remove the standard fan plug from the socket on the board. Mine was very hard to get out. DO NOT damage the socket cause you need to plug the NV5 in!! Here's a pic for reference....



Step Three

Remove the pretty cover....simply unscrew all the screws from the pretty cover that was put on by the manufacturer. You'll probably have to go get a smaller screwdriver than mine - I did LOL...



Step Four:

Remove shit-loads of screws. I'm not gonna show you all of them or go through one by one. Suffice to say that there are a lot of screws to take off both front and back. You WILL know when they are all of! Get them all and no yanking them off!



and



Should look like this:



Note the dirty shit that's on here. Get you cleaning fluid (that you had handy of course) and clean it all off carefully. What a bunch of cheap bastards all manufactorers are...no ceramique or AS5 anywhere....just cheap cotton things and crappy paste!

All clean? Then onto the next step...

Step 5:

Put the new thermal paste on. I put lots and lots of ceramique on the memory modules (that's what it says to do!!) and a thin(ish) layer of AS5 on the core....very carefully (we don't want shorts now do we??) You can use Ceramique for the whole thing and it would be fine. Don't forget the memory under the side heatsink.....

Step 6

Get that heatsink on the left of your card and get it back on the card....this is where your carefullness with the pins comes in...get them in nice and tight!!

Step 7

Now lay the NV5 down facing down and with the fan on the left. Carefully line up the holes and slide on.....then put the runner gromits on the pins from the NV5 and put the little screws on....do up:



How much to do them up??? Well first I was careful. Then I took the card to my comp and tested it and - HOLY SHITE!!! Temps started off in the 70's!

Bugger that. Yoink of card...back downstairs.....check core...the bloody AS5 was only half on the heatsink. Added a bit more AS5 (but not too much) and screwed all screws up till they could screw up no more! Tested....ahhh...good.....

Step 8

Nearly done! Just clip the fan plug back into the graphics card. Nice and snug mind!!

Hows it look:



Looks good...and BIG...and HEAVY!! Smacks of quality this thing!!

Step 9

Stick it back in for testing! YAY!

Mine looks big in the case:



Yes its a bad pic by I had done up the case before I realised that I wanted a pic!!

Goes in fine and of course...takes up that other PCI slot. Has a nice little backplate that doesn't leave the slot "naked". Apparantly you can hoover the NV5 out from outside of the case using a hoover! Well isn't that nice to know!!

RESULTS:

First my case is being re-coolinated so its fairly hot. And the room was warm....

I used to get: 65deg C idle and 78-9deg load. This is cause of the 71.84 drivers showing a 20% hgher temp than before apparantly...according to nvidia. My case aint that bad!! hehe

Now I tested this as soon as this was in and on and the pC was left for a good 10mins to acclimatise:

Idle was: 58DEG:



That's a fall of 7deg! I thing tha fact that the NV5 takes hot air out of the box also helped!!

Load was: 70DEG!!!



That's another big fall. I got this load temp by putting on RTHDRIBL and leaving it for 15mins to fry a bit. Fry it did not!

Finally I played a bit of Farcry (well half hour. I max out my settings on 1280 x 1024 so it should load up the vard a lot.

I got straight after playing: 61deg!! Not too shabby!!

I haven't mentioned this yet. The quiet!! Whoa! I can't even hear my PC now. I didn't realise how loud the damn GPU cooler was. 1st class product Arctic Cooling!!

I would reccoment this cooler to anyone on air wanting a quiet, cool alternative to stock nvidia cooling. Especially if you're not going on water anytime soon!!

Oh, BTW, my CPU tmep has gone down by about 2-3degs idle as well. My case is basically a lot cooler!!

Score: 8.8/10



Plus Points: Cool and cold and quiet!!

Negatives: Not a easy thing to install for someone a bit n00bish! Also you really have to check its on secure!!


Hope this guide helps/informs some of ya and that you go out and buy one if you're on standard air!!

EDIT: With the fixed drivers this brought the temps down to around 49*C and the load temps to 65*C

A big thunbs waytogo to this NV5!! :worship: :wavey: :wavey:
 
God damn... nice man :) Reps for you...

I can't believe BFG uses the same piece of shit heatsink that the rest of the companies (other than Leadtek) use on the 6800's... It's a pure aluminum heatsink that works like ass, I hate it... Same exact one on my eVGA 6800 GT. My Leadtek on the other hand was fucking bombtastic :) Ultra style pure copper heatsink that weighs like 6 lbs, totally dope. I would have expected BFG to have at least used a small copper sink.
 
FragTek said:
God damn... nice man :) Reps for you...

I can't believe BFG uses the same piece of shit heatsink that the rest of the companies (other than Leadtek) use on the 6800's... It's a pure aluminum heatsink that works like ass, I hate it... Same exact one on my eVGA 6800 GT. My Leadtek on the other hand was fucking bombtastic :) Ultra style pure copper heatsink that weighs like 6 lbs, totally dope. I would have expected BFG to have at least used a small copper sink.

I've got the Rev1 of the BFG card. Rev 2=BFG now make a 100% Copper Heatsinhk with two Blue-LED fans on it....
 
Can't forget to give those guys a shot out ;)

Are you sure u used the correct amount of thermal and what-not on that card Matt? It seems like ur temps should be even lower with a nice cooler like that, I was pulling those temps with my Leadtek's stock HSF.
 
FragTek said:
Can't forget to give those guys a shot out ;)

Are you sure u used the correct amount of thermal and what-not on that card Matt? It seems like ur temps should be even lower with a nice cooler like that, I was pulling those temps with my Leadtek's stock HSF.

Yep - I used the right amount. My case does get a bit hot at times I'll admit! But this thing has decreased the CPU temp about 4degC. The card I had was stock OC'd and is at 58degC at the moment. The AS5 aint even burnt it yet, so I'll have to wait a bit till I get lower temps. But it is OC'd to 400/1050 (my standard OC) so its aint too bad!:p
 
name='kempez815' said:
Yep - I used the right amount. My case does get a bit hot at times I'll admit! But this thing has decreased the CPU temp about 4degC. The card I had was stock OC'd and is at 58degC at the moment. The AS5 aint even burnt it yet, so I'll have to wait a bit till I get lower temps. But it is OC'd to 400/1050 (my standard OC) so its aint too bad!:p

Cool man... Can you crank up the ram clock any more w/o artifacts? Reason I ask is because you'll see a HUGE increase in fps between 1050 and 1250... See if you can get it into the 1200's and bench it, u'll see what I mean :D
 
name='FragTek' said:
Cool man... Can you crank up the ram clock any more w/o artifacts? Reason I ask is because you'll see a HUGE increase in fps between 1050 and 1250... See if you can get it into the 1200's and bench it, u'll see what I mean :D

..I have an Ultra and even I can't do that!
 
name='Austin' said:
..I have an Ultra and even I can't do that!

That must suck a big phat cock! lol...

My Leadtek was the bomb, i spanked most everyone with Ultra's in 3dMark05 w/ it :p
 
FragTek said:
That must suck a big phat cock! lol...

My Leadtek was the bomb, i spanked most everyone with Ultra's in 3dMark05 w/ it :p

Well I've managed to get up to 428/1180 on my GT with no artifacts unless I played Halo....seems to shit my card up for some reason! So I then clocked back and 400/1050 isn't even trying!

When I have my new blowhole and cooling stuff and the AS5's burn't in a bit then I'll crank it up, along with the CPU!! :D
 
name='FragTek' said:
Good question!

Finally! I am able to get to 450/1200 with no artifacts :D Just had to wait for the AS5 to burn in after I put the NV5 on I suppose..

Idle is now 47C :)

Card now flashed to an Ultra Extreme :yumyum:
 
Austin said:
Finally! I am able to get to 450/1200 with no artifacts :D Just had to wait for the AS5 to burn in after I put the NV5 on I suppose..

Idle is now 47C :)

Card now flashed to an Ultra Extreme :yumyum:

Nice one Austin...fair play!!
 
Austin said:
Finally! I am able to get to 450/1200 with no artifacts :D Just had to wait for the AS5 to burn in after I put the NV5 on I suppose..

Idle is now 47C :)

Card now flashed to an Ultra Extreme :yumyum:

We need benchies posted immediately in the benchy section for 3dmark05 and aquamark :) That should rape the pants off of my scores :worship:
 
name='FragTek' said:
We need benchies posted immediately in the benchy section for 3dmark05 and aquamark :) That should rape the pants off of my scores :worship:

SHOULD, I think having a P4 2.8 and single channel ram has something to do with not, we'll see tomorrow when I get the DFI and get some scores with my 640 ;)

Also I flashed back to the normal Ultra and just overclocked, having problems with this comp atm and thought it might be that. It wasn't. lol.. aww :(
 
Austin said:
SHOULD, I think having a P4 2.8 and single channel ram has something to do with not, we'll see tomorrow when I get the DFI and get some scores with my 640 ;)

Also I flashed back to the normal Ultra and just overclocked, having problems with this comp atm and thought it might be that. It wasn't. lol.. aww :(

Post up benchies with the 640 and dfi pronto.
 
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